Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-06-24

moment barouche dashed mp, and
halted sud denly opposite Miss Philpot.
Carriage for Gatherwood, cried the
driver. The door opened. as il by
magic-a tall form sprang out. .a s..
Miss Pllilpot glided forward AT
that instant I recognized Mr.. Pilkins
No, You don't, said I, clltching at
Miss Philpot's flowing robe, as she few
toward him. The flmy dress gave way
in my hand; the carriage door closed
upon her white figure and the driver
put whip to the horses. A hack stood
next in line. 3f... % @., 5,,,..ssstss /.
Fifty dollars to you if you follow
and overtake that carriage" yelled to
the driver and jumped into the vehicle.
We tore down the street like mad,
leaving Maj. Philpot standing at his
deserted home filling thenight air with
impreoations. The flight and the
pursuit had taken place in much less
time than it takes me to tell it now.
It had been almost instantaneous in its
quickness, and I did not like to be
balked at this stage in the game.
Where now was revenge. and where,
too, were my hundred dollars? Come
what would, determind at all hazards
to overtake the runaway.
"Lay on the whip" cried to my
| driver.
"The horses are in dead run, he an
swered back. "We amt more than
half block behind Mr.. Pilkins"
"Then You recognized Pilkins?"
ooh, yes"
Keep 'em in sight, and if thev stop
| at any place, increase your speed and
| catch up with them"
We raced down Broad street, turned
the corner of Fourth, and headed for
the river.
where can that Internal fellow be
going?" I thought, watching anxiously
the carriage as it dashed over the road
in advance Of us. We chased them for
| nearly an hour, when T perceived that
we were gaining perceptihly. The
| driver of the barouche noticed it, and
pulled up suddenlyin the middle of the
road
It'd like to know what in the deuce
you fellows are racing me for at this
time Of the night" cried he.
Il want Miss Philpot, I retorted,
jumping down and opening the door Of
the barouche.
The driver laughed sardonically.
"You won't find her here"
The night was nearly as light as day.
The moon shining so brightly that one
might almost have read print without
! glasses. precluled the idea of her hay
ing escaped from the carriage without
| my knowledge.
Miss Philpot," says I, putting my
head inside the carriage, "you must re-
| turn to your father"
The carriage was empty; Miss Phil
pot was not there-nor yet Mr.. Pilkins,
either.
| [ was confounded.
What hocus-pocus work is this ?" l
! cried, angrily. "She was here, for I
| saw her enter this very vehicle an hour
ago."
The driver laughed again a quizzing:
hateful laugh that made me long to
knock him down.
"Oh, yes, to be sure she was here.
She Just got in at one side of this hare
coach, and she Immediately jumped out
at the other side, as pre- arrangement.
! l.
terproof that he slipped over her white
ball-dress and slipped her into gig as
was waitin' for 'em at the corner. And
they're man an wife by this time, in
spite of all the detectives in nlinoy.
Pillkins give me twenty dollars to race
off here and lead you wild goose chase,
and I'm burned if it hasn't been the
best joke in tho business to see you
smart Alecks fooled so neatly. Horror
for Pillkins"
! It was enough to make any man
swear, and I swore curses not only loud
but deep.
Both the drivers laughed.
"Ill take my fifty dollars, Mr..
| Green" said the fellow I had employed;
land if it's all the same, I'll take it now. "
! In a detected and surly mood I re-
turned home.
! It was week afterwara that Maj
philpot Numbered down my little hall
way, and, laundering at. my door once
more, Numbered himself into my small
room, and filled up my best chair with
his rotund figure.
ut demned fine little game they
played us, eh, Green, isn't it ~ said he,
blandly, as he pulled out his big pocket
book and unrolled some bills. by
George! You know my Arabella had
Pillkins hidden behind the curtains in
the library that night of the party, and
they overheard every blamed word we
said, and laid their plans to outwit us, y
and he roared with laughter.
1 was amazed.
"But you don't mean to say, do you,
major, that you've taken that scamp into
your friendship after such a trick as he
served you?"
The major only laughed the louder.
"All's fair in love and war, Green,
and here's your money. amt giving
it to you, you know, because you
succeeded in keeping my Arabella from
clipping, but just for the reason you
failed to do so. -Pillkins is brick--a
perfect brick-do you hear that %
And the major slapped his legs with
immense satisfaction.
"He's poor, I know, but he's sharper
than lightning, and as to his politics,
| while T don't vote as he does, yet they
do say that the Democrats are going to
run him tor the Legislature this fall ;
and If he pulls in at the head of the
race and I'll bet my bottom dollar be
will-Why Arabella's dad, sir viii stand
. inwith him ia the last cent of his pile.
What about Arabella herself ?"
says I. completely dumbfounded at the
turn Of affairs. :.a*e.--
"By CAD, sir! Arabella is actually
worth fifty Thousand dollars more, in
my opinion, than before she eloped
with Pillkins. Sharp girl is Arabella-
just like her old dad, sir, for all the
! world. Bless you! they came home
| next morning bold as lions, and my Ara
i bella pumped herself right down on